At least two residents of a 32-unit Spokane apartment complex were displaced Sunday by a fire caused by a candle placed “too close to combustibles,” according to the Spokane Fire Department.
The fire was reported at around 6:15 p.m. at the West 315 Apartments on Mission Avenue and Washington Street.
The caller reported smoke from a second-floor apartment window and a fire alarm going off, according to the fire department.
Firefighters arrived within five minutes to a blaze on the second floor of the three-story apartment building.
The building, according to the fire department, is equipped with a fire and life safety system that includes a commercial fire sprinkler system, which did help keep the fire’s growth under control until personnel arrived.
More than 30 firefighters were needed to search the burning apartment, evacuate nearby units and survey the damage, firefighters said.